The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1854, Page 2

THE DROUGHT AND THE CROPS, The Crops in Massacnusetts and New Eng. land—Interesuny Fac s and Statistics. MR. HILL'S LETTER. 4 LexinuTon, Mass, Sept 15, 1864, ‘The Henar, I notice, is ngaged im the good work of posting ap the American public in relation to the late drought, the crops, & , and bas called upon its readers to communicate facts pertaining thereto, Although it is not in my power to uroish yoa with full authentic eta- tistical information relat-y- to the crops in this Common- wealth and oth r parts of New Engiand for the present season, especially since the farmers have but partially gathered im the harvest, still I may possibly holp along the good work om which you have entered, by furnishing some estimates and sreculutions based upon such gene. ral information ag is now athand. The Secretary of our State Board of Agriculture, Mr. Flint, I notice, has pro mised you full statistics as soon as they can de odt ined, which may possibly upset such cal ulations as T am about to make, and which you ure at liberty to take for what they may be worth. First, a few words in rela a to the Inte drought. It is | not te be denied that : of the most severe and | long-continued ever exjerienced in New England, In | this vicinity—and the rework is (rue of the whole State | =-there was no rain 0 cousequevee for about six | weeks, soy frem the third week in July to the second in | September The sum» prevalence of the drought has | probably been expe iecced ia Kboce Island and Connecti- cut. In Maine and New Hampshire ite continoance may | be set cow at acouple of wecks more, say two months in all In Vermoct, the complaint does not scem to have been so generals choshere. That State is usually less affected by drought thon any other in New Englaad. Four or five weeks of dry weather may, perhaps, be con- sidered the full extent vuring the present seaso.. In (he three southern New England States, Massachu setts, Rhode Island and Cornectiont, the effect of the zy weather in the latter part of July has, doubtless, | been benefisial in ripenirg and helping to secure an ex- | 1d of hoy, wheat, rye, barley and oats. | ‘Lhese crops were probsdly rever much better in these | States They were too far advanced to be seriously af. | | was traordicary y fected. Inceed litle, if any, complaint is heard in re- pjuries. Ihave taerefore es!imated them mpany ing tables as nearly an average yi-ld, census returns of the crop of 1850 3 a for comparison. I notice that your correspaa- | dent, Mr. Robinson, of Beonington, Vermont, esti- | mates the crop of hay in that State at about | two-thirds, and wheat, rye, oats and barley at about | | | | ation to a taking basis three quarters of the average annual yield. An intelli- gent farmer from the centre of New Hampshire in- formed me yesterday that there would be full two-thirds | of the average yield of these cropsin that State, inclu- | ding alvo the crop of corn. Maine is not so good an | agricultural State as either of the other States of New | England, for the reason that the soil is generally more | clayey, and lees attention has beem paid to farming in | ita large timber sections. ihe grasshoppers did great | damsge thero in the agricul.ural districts last season. Passivg up the Kennebec and Penobscot near the latter part of August, 1863, there was scarcely ® green thing | so be seen. As compared with last year, therefore, the | crops of the present jou cannot be much worse. As | compared with 1850, I will estimate the esrly hay and | grain at two-thirds, and the corn at only one-half of a | crop, a8 sll accounts agree in representing the corn to | have suffered worse there than in any other part of New | England. In a large portion of Massachusetts the corn crop will | average, from the best information now to be had, fall | two-thirds an average yield. Such, oneof the best and | most intelligent farmers in this town informs me | will be the case here; and I have no doubt that | in the western section of the State the result will be still more favorable. With these data, | then, and the aid of the census returns, I Thave prepared the subjoined tables showing the pro- | ductions of the six New Kngland states, for the year ending June 1. 1860), as compared with their estimated | probable yield for the current year ending June 1, 1854:— WHEAT AND RYE IN BUSHELS. ——-1852—_, Estimated for 1854, W heat. Rye Wheat Rye. Maive. + +.296,259 102,916 230,000 80,000 New Hampshire.185,658 183,117 175,000 - 170,000 Vermont.........585,965 176,233 435,000 140,000 Massachusetts... 31/211 481,021 30,000 480,000 | Rhode Island. 49 6,400 | 49 26,000 | Connecticut...... 41,172 600,898 40,000 600 C00 | Total, 1,090,894 1,570,589 940,009 1,496,000 |- The above shows a falling-off from the wheat crop of | 1850 of 150,885 bushels, and from the rye crop of that | year of 74,589 bushels, giving a total decrease in both of | 225,474 bushels, or about one-twelfth. This is nota very | serious loss, and may have been more than compensate] for by an additional qusatity of land cultivated Whether there really has been more Jand planted or not is a doubtful question. Labor has been in great demand j during the present season. Wages of ineflicient aborers even, have averaged as high as $1.25 per day in this vicinity, where in 1850 the same parsons could be hired for 75 and 80 cents. Although many of our young men who left their farms in 1849 and °60 togo to Cali ornia have since returned, itis | questionable whether many of them have come back with increased habits of industry and love for the old homesteads. For these reasons, it is doubtful whether eur farmers have been able to increase the quantity of © Aheir cultivated land to sny great extent. Corn is not a sure crop in New England, especially in Maine, New Eampshire, and Vermont. In these three States it usually suffers more from want of heat than | want of moisture; and when not affected by the former, it is greatly endangered by early frosts. The town from which I write is situated ten miles northwest of Boston, in one of the best farming dis‘ricts of Massachusetts. While coming from that city to-day I noticed some of the farmers were just beginning to harvest their gorp. © hich | appeared to be nearly an average crop. Sithough, perhaps, | containing 4 little more than Y% usnal quantity ef “pig- | ears.” In other fields. **., jeter plant od corn, which, a fort- | night since, b> ‘segurto droop a little under the drought, | seomed, +’, nave resumed its verdure under the influence | ‘06 ® “copious rain, (say two inches,) which fall a week | “peo, and another last night. Most of the corn in this | vicinity is pretty well out of the way of the frost, and | promises to be two thirds, if not full three quarters, of anaverscecrop. The Worcester Spy represents the corn erop in the centre of this State to be ‘‘nearly or quite an | average one.’’ The same is doubtless t:ue of the weat- | ern section of the State, where the drought was hardly nearer - | pd ge rh narick ews rreeee Cg go \ peoeapta met ae tang An auntie: | pos hid where we had to content ourselves with sea fogs | ma ter by ponte thought and the ideas thot | ‘SInce writing the above, I find the following commani- | interest mations, .| cated bya canseapobnent Yo the Boston Daily Advertiser, Bir Rees Pager erea Yd santa oot mugulenty from Pittafeld, Berkshire county, ia the wostern part of | ‘sry, Picconrigible, Neither the Gfty years of revolution | this State, under date of September 8 :~ { “The ‘long spell of dry weather’ has been a fruitfal | theme for the papers, and as consequent upon the lack of rain the destruction of the crops toa greater or less degree. You are well aware that peaple, especially those that are interested, are apt to speai her extravagantly. | “| propose, in a few words, to give you the result of my Observations. I have passed through all sections of Mas- eabhucetts, from the north enst part of the county of Es- eex to the Berkshire 4, in every direction, and m; opportenities for acquiring information from persona inspection and from conversation have besn almost un- | limited , and I feet confidence in the following statoment : “The hay crop was a full average crop ; rye was pever better, and onts ap rage crop. Corn, which is one of the important crops, will be a fullsverage. In many parts of the State it'is very fine on somo of the light | soils, and in ome very wet soils where the planting was | delayed by the heavy rains in tue spring, the crops will be smal. Many of the farmers admit that they sbali take | forty bushels from the acre, and of a remarkable good | quality. Potatoes suifered tho most for the want of rain, | and the crop will be light, but tho quality will be good. T heard no complaint of the ‘‘ rot.’” “There will bea large crop of ap pies in nearly all parts | Of the State. In Berksbire county it is eaid to bo | then for any of the last ten years. Franklin, Hampshire, Mampdéen and Woree: ter counties have an abundant sup- and the ether cf the State have no reason | 10 complain. are more unequal: in Hampden ‘and Berkshire counties the trees are loaded; in Worcester county there are large quantities; but the other sections of the ttate will mot preduce erage crop. Plum | vey tb {the present Sondot enellent qeatiig: try than at of excollent q ‘(The result of the whole is that we have no reason to ebadheng ong meng See Hy ager w bg prices wi demanded market for fruits.” es or I think I am safe in estimating the Massachusetts corn crop at three fourths of an average one, In Maine and ‘New Hampshire it has suffered more severely. Many fields have been cut up for fodder; but this is not an gnusual occurrence there, as few farmers feel sure of a crop in the poorer agricultural regions, expecting either to lose their corn by drought or an early frost. Esti- mating the corn crops of New Hampshire and Vermont two: thi Maine at one-half, Massachusetts, Con- pecticut and Island at from two-thirds > fae: fourths the quantity raised in 1860, we arrive at the fol- lowing estimate for the present as compared with that year 7800 suoeio "ooo ons Maine, Deshels. 1,750,056 ¥ : Kew Hampehire, Larsoro 1,000,000 br8°870 | Vermon 9032,396 1,400,000 anv a00 Nea 2,245,400 1,900,000 415.490 000 GP 291 « 000 435 O43 826,508 | centage dotucted from the total yield of | quantity has been consumed during this period that a | mily cf five persons, old and young, is more than three | Misaiasippi . | civ] bberty ‘The above teble shows a decrease from 1840-50 of 8,126,866 burhels, or nearly one-third, in the whole New England corn crop of the present year. j The following table shows the quantity, in bushels, | of peas and beans, oate, barley ani buckwheat. pro- duced for the year ending Juve 1, 1850, which will not much exceed quentity raised the present season :— | Peas & Beans. Oats. Barly. Buckw't 206,641 2,181,037 181,731 104,528 i 10,2568 | 42,150 | 112'386 18 875 19,099 $101,208 414,406 710,084 ‘The above will azswe tion of the present year, with, perhaps, a small per | | for an estimate of the produe- | rley sud | buckwheat, very little of which, it Will be obrerved, is | proouced. Any deficit in these crops will be more than | compeosated for in the increased yield this season of | the crop of peas, beens and oats. | ‘The totlowing table recapitulites the whole quantity of grain produced throughout the six New Englant | States in 1850, ard the estimated yiela of the present season, ad given in the above tables:— { | i 1850. 1854. Decrease. 1,090,894 — 940,009 150,885 10,589 1,496,000 74,589 10,175,856. 7,050 000 3,126,856 | . 450,691 450,691 -!| + 8,101,208. 8, 10" —| 414,496 “41 716,044 Total for New England .22 519,858 19, The above shows ie8 in the whole quantity of cereal prox esent year, as com- pared with 1850. of per cent, or ons seventh, 1 Indian corn. pesrly all of which is The production of this crop in New Fngland, imoreassed from 1 1850 from 6,993,000 to 10,175,856 bushels, per cent. allow an increas rér cent per annum, or 20 per cent fer four years over the crop of 1850, which would more than compensate for my estimated 14 por cent loss by the drought. Against this | have already «liu ted to the searcity of labor. kc , and must leave the Heracp | and the rea¢er to make their own deductions. It would seem that the New England ccop of cereals {s likely to turn out a pretty fair one—at least sufficient to keep us from starving to death the coming winter, espacially when We take into consideration the crop of wheat now harvesting in Europe, and already sesured in our western States. A fortnight ago wheat was seiling in the English markets at 20s. per quarter, (or 84 bush- elr,) Jeas than the highest por’ it reached last spring, a saving (so a London paper estimates) of £26,000,000, or $125,000,000 per annum to the people of Great Bricain alone. tatoes, also, could be purchased in the Lonion markets—usually the most expeasive in the world—for 15 cents vusbel. Alf this tine we wero paying 3) por cent Blner for flour, and Spe bushel for pots- toes in Boston. Wi'h such a surfeit of breadstuffs in Europe, it will bardly pay to sbip them from this conv- try at tho present prices. Flour fell in Boston two da; ago from 75 cents to $1 per barrel for the best brands. It has already been foliowed by a’genoral reduction in the price of other provisions. Chenanyo potatoes, which & week ago were scarc’ at $4.25 per barrel, were plenty | to dayat $3.50. Tbey will de lower to-morrow. F.our also must fall two or three, or more dollars per barrel, before there will be a great foreign demand for it. Ten to eleven dollars only was the no- minal price of the best bands today, but the speculators find it slmost a dead weight on their bands at that. The mass of consumers have been pur- chasing for the last threo months by the bag, (quart barrel,) at $3 25, or at the modest rate of $13 per bar- rel. Jt is safe to say that leas than half the aggregate ere would have been at $9 or $10 per barrel. The epéecalators have been nipping the poor, and now they are ina fair way to get bitten in turn. In the above recapitulation we have estimated the to- tal cereal produce of New Evgland this season, 8 bushels. The population in 1860, was 2,728,10 it now at 3,000,000, we have produced over | of grain for each man, woman and chil ‘Lhe deficiency, if there really is one, amountit tion over a bushel per bond, will scarcely pro’ in its results, so long as foreign nations hey and do rot draw onus. Thirty bashels of corn serious ch quarts per day, Sundays excepted, when every full blood- ed Yankee is expected to ext pork and beané, which are a New England “institution.” The potatoe crop has not yet matured. Thus far I have beard of only a single complaint of the rot. If this luxury (the potatoes T mean—not the rot) should again fail, there is an opportunity for us to fell back on one of the, best crops of fine apples and pears we have had for years. At fifty cents per bushel in tke coustry, fine Porters will answer to fill up the little ones with, and save the bread for the old folks. I have already extended my communication to too great length. As the season advances, perhap® I will write you again. The products of her dairies and rais- ing of cattle makes up large item in the agricultural wealth of New England, end upon those subjects we ho} to hear from some of your correspondents among t! Green Mountains. W. P. HILL. THE CORN CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. ‘The corn crop ia one of the most important crops of the country—herce the anxiety produced by the long Grought. According to the census of 1850, the total | not be he that shall censure or regret it. amount of corn produced in the United States was 592,071,104 bushels, The principal corn growing States produced as follows :— -59,078,605 Alsbama, 28,753,048 + 52,964,363 Georgia... + 80,080,090 - 57,046,984 North Carolina, .27,941,051 | 86,214,537 Virginia .....,..35,254,349 58,672,501 Pennsylvania .. .19,885, 214 New York ......17,858,400 +22,446,552 South Carolina... 16,271,454 A full crop for 1854 is estimated at 700,000,000 bushels, THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. | Address of Gaspar Retancourt, President of | the Cuban Junta. | DELIVERED AT NEW ORLBANS, ON THE THIRD AN: | NIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF GEN. LOPEZ, j GENTIENEN :—This morning we have congregated in the Catholic Church to fill a religious duty ; to-night we meet in this hall to fill our duty as patriots. This morn- ing we im; d the Divine cy and mercy for the repose of souls of our brethren. Ton ght we coms here to commemorate the anni of the death of who have yielded up their lives tte heroes and mart; to the cause of Ouben liberty and independence. Fach in ite Proper, place is best placed ; to heaven that which be- “ee he and to the world that which belongs to e world. ‘These religious and patriotic acts; this ardor and en- thusiasm with which the Cuben people hastens to render its homage of admiration and gratitude to the heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our country ; there acts, gentlemen, do honor to the Cuban ple, for besides demonstrat the religious feeling, The'natriotiom and civilization of the Cabans, it revives and strengthens in the heart the by that the cause for which Lopez, Aguero, Armenteros, Crittenden, and their Seintoun, patriole tnd enightened people may be con religious, « 4 Buen that t the cause to which it devotes its heart and soul must ever triumph. Gentlemen, unbappy it men died; but gioat ideas, the great causes that glitter in the brain move the earts of these mon, can never die. ‘This truth, so simple that even the children who hear me —, comprehend it, has, notwithstanding, been ever beyond the comprehension of the Spanish sores at; for had it comprehended it, Cuba would not to-day be in the position in which she is placed. Though Spain has Spe oe for fifty years with the revolutions of America, sh not yet way ghee gg tsb en, nor has she ever comprehended the causes of those revolutions, nor has she found a remedy for them. Headstrong in her self- 7 in America, nor the experience of ita own misfortunes and , nor the ritnation into which its errors have dragged it, nor anything whatever, bas been enflicient to induce it to change its policy, to alter its measures for securing its dominion; and all that it bas before done in America upon the continent, it is now repeating in Caba ms but little, and I wish to say all—in Cubs she wishes to add to Spapieh barbarity Africa: rocity. It is well that the Cubans should know it, ai £0 understand it. It remains for me, gentlemen, to prove what J have affirmed; and for this purpose, gentlemen, let us throw a rapid glance upon the events of the Cuban revolation. ‘The sublime the noble sentiment of liberty and independence for Cuba, burats forth in the Central de- rartment, in the city of Puerto Principe; a hat : young men, with their noble chief, Joaquin de Aguero, pronounce; the government forces @ hundred fold their number, pursne them, and tke chief and three others are captured; upon the execution ground oy are shot, in order to warn and terrify the peoplo, What is the result? Tho sublime idea, leaving e four dying deadn, seeks retuge in those of forty thousand men in that jurisdiction, and there today think and feol aa | Agueio, Zayas, Vonavides ‘and Betancourt thought and felt. it in the city of inéful of brave Soon after, the samo idea breaks Trinidad. Armenteros ani another men prenounce. The government, with its numerous | forces, gets them into its power, and the chief and two others are shot upon @ scaffold. What is the result? Throrgh three men murdered by the government, thirty thousand minds receive the idea, and thirty thousand bearts beat for the same cause that was defon.od by Armenteros, Hernardez, and Arcis. Lator still, Genera) Lopes lands with 400 brave men at Playitas. Crittenden is separated from the main body, and with Afty of his companions falls into the power of the Spanish government. It prepaces the horrid bbe tacle—a butchery of men—a scene fit only for csanibals in the eyes of the civilized and Christian world—and shcoting fifty Americans whore hearts and minds glowed with the idea of tho independence of Cuba, it believes that it bas assured itstrinmph. Well? Fifty thoueand | men sround Atares are today animated by the samo spirit, and dispoted to defend the cause for which Crit- terden and his companions died. Hirally, the government takes prisoner the chief of the and erecting an igrominious scaffold, it congratu- lates and felicitates iteelf; for now, in laying low the head that had contained the entirs pr mme of the Cuban revolution, it believes that it wili murder the cause of Cuban indesendente. And what is the :esait’ From Cape San Antonio to that of Maisi, there is nota Cuban heart that is not moved in the can for which Narciso Lopes died; and in 1854 there are more men, more hearts, more sympathies, more resources and means ready to be sacrifice 1 for ha cause of Cuban independence than Noreiso Loper had in 1861: and never more oleasly than tocay bas the government revested its fesrs and ite impotency to maintain its unjust domiaion. Retions! independence, civil, religious, and commer - these. gentlemen, are the four articles of | Sho revolntionsry programaie’ of Oude, the four coraee fo} | ative | fold) in al stones apoa which the magnifcent structare of the Cuben republic must be built. 1 believe, gentlemen, that it will not be incoanistent with the object of oor assemblage bore, to Smit afew ideas u; the erticles of this pregremme. I believe that in ing and freedom, whether it vo in person, or with the mind, or with money, be it io whatever — = 3 4 Soe of Kimor the | memory of Nareiso h martyrs who have | dled for Cube snd ‘her freedom, | National independence fur Cuba ia the first article of | our revolutionary*prograimme, Ip this you will perceive | how far from the thought of Narciso Lopes and the | leaders of the revolution was the ides of aunexing Cubs | - mT ayy by pesag iy oe re, sereciay, unpilisting jerogatory to peop! of Cuba. In this you will comprehend how great must be* the pain, and how just the indignation of every sensible and bigh winded Cuban, ee that it he goverment of the United tates—that it is the government of the model Tervblic, where we, the Cubans, have strengthened our | souls with the solid principles of fndependence, of liber:y, of the rights and dignity of man—that it is the *merican Government which erdeavors to a:quire possession of Cuba by means of a purchase, as if it were a. grazing farm of vile cattie that it may improve the breed. Spain, gentlemen, is an unjust moi her—spain is cruel and un- natural motker; but still she ia a mother, and the stripes, the insults, and the oppression of a raother have never brought infamy to ber innocent ciiléren. The Spanish government in Cuba is the thief that robs andy despoils her of sil she possesses, but the goverament of tho United States is the ravicher thet violates and dishonors her. I, in he name of Nareito Lopez, in the vame of the people of Cubs, in the bosom of thie assembly, and in the presence of almiguty Go4, make this solemn protest against the ravisner and violator of Cuba. If the idea of the annexation of Cuba to the United States bas ever had the slightes* consideration in the revolutiovary programme of the chisfs and aposties of the revolution it has been sil the understanding tha’ this attainment should be the r sult of the sovereign w Il of the Coban peoole, withont stain or dishonor to Cuba; that, as a beputiful azd rich maven, emancipated from parental authority, she ray releet from her admirers the bridegroom that best pleases her, ant thas fll the station of alady, and pot that of asad redeemed slave. Tf such were ihe Cestioy of Cuba—if such were the will of the Cubyn peools in full pos-ession of their territory, und in the use of their proper soveregaty, Tyau-oly, wiil | ny . Cuba sold like a vile esttle farm, to be im| let it sink into the abyss of the Carribean Soa and the Gulf or Mexico, than that the trae and houor. loving sons of Cubs shall thus coutemplate their om dishonor. ‘Thera ia another point of our revolutionary programine upon wbich I woull improve the present oveaston emit « few idens that I consider of the highest ti ance now, and of the greatest transcendency in the not very distant future of onr beloved country. ‘On other arniversavies of the firs: of Sept wher, as on the preeent, I have beard among tha Cubans, I wil not fay ceneure, but certaivly hearcfelt complaints that the Catholic church hey not permitted us to honor tae martyrs for Cuban freedom with those funseal cereno nies that we are accustomed to see in Catholic countries, with the ostentation and pomp that we have desired. Upon this point I wish to be very explicit. At the present time, when we are on the eve of our revolution and of the establishment of a democratic republican government, it is necessary that some Cuban should have the coursge or rasbness to say in the midst of a Cuban assembly that there can be noin- | dependence, that there can be no civil liberty, where | there is not religious independence and freedom Wherever and Lowever the church is coonected with the State, and that which is called tne reiigion of the State fe ‘established, there and then no other end can tbe attained thao a change in the form of slavery. | Be tke rehgion whatever it may, Christian Cxtbolic, | Christian Protestant, Christian Greek, Hebrew, or Ma- | hometan; and under whatever form of government, ab- solute monarchy, constitutional aristocracy, ?emocratic | republican, it is the esine thing, for wherever the State and the Church are leagued together there must necessa- rily exist a double, a political und religious slavery; th ro shall we behold a’ peop!e oppressed by tyrants and de- ceived by impostors. ‘his meee of the independence or separation of Church and State, is the more recesary in a republic, from the fact that it isin accordance with the doctrine of him of Nazareth. “My kingdom,” be says, “is not of this world,’’ and when he was asked if tribute shonld be paid to Cesar, he said corclusivel', ‘Render unto Cwser the things which be Cesar’s, but unto God the things which be Goa’s.’’_ In whatever manner the direc- tion and doctrine of Christ be violated, and the church mixes itself in political affairs, uniting with the govern- ment, then the church exista in a state of concubinage, in a state of adultery which is worte than concubinnage, separated from her legi imate husband, and delivered up to the embraces of the temporal powsr, in order to serve its views, its capricea, its machinations, ang worldly in- terests. ‘Thoso whom Christ intended ek ould be fishers of souls, governments have converted into fishers of bo dies, into bailiffs and catchpoles, informers and inquisi. tors of men. Permit the Church and State to league to. ether, and you will then sce the cathedral of the Holy host transformed intoa tribune from which to pro- nounce funerel vrations and panegerics with fulsome praise of kings and ermpeross, of great captains and con- querora, whom none of us perhaps would wish to imi. tate, for the greater number of them have been the scourge and terror of humanity. Then you will not be permitted to celebrate with pancgeric and funeral cere monies the defenders of the rights of the people, nor those who sacrifice their lives for the cause of liberty. ‘Woe to Cuba, gentlemen, if she establishes the not leas impolitic than impious creation of a state religion, ond it she does not establish, as her fusdamental political law, the absolute separation of the church from the gov- ernment of the republic. It is pot only the material force of arms that is em. ployed to perrctuate the dominion of “paia in Cuba, and to frustrate every project for a revolution. Other arms even more terrible ure used against Cuba and the Cubans. liplomacy and logic are set to work to ma‘ntain what is called order, or the status quo in e already seen the government of the interfering on more than one occasion in favor of Spain, to make abortive the plans and pro- jects for liberating Cuba. At this very moment, with the project of purchasing Cubs, we see it flattering and consulting the wishes of the Queens and Kings of Europe, without cven deeming the wishes and interests of the people of Cuba—cf the legitimate owners of tne soil, and who are, a:cording to the American theory or decalogue, the true fountain of sovereignty—worthy of con- sulted, even in an indireet manner. We have just seen io arining soeeeraae ear a guarent posse cat of progress Ny et re and to interfere with her social condition and economic interests, which the Cu- bans, and only the Cubans, have the right to regulate. To this same end the o| ition press lends ite assistance, employing its logic to discredit the Cuban revolution, to destroy the prestige of its leaders and apostles, Pre rik ied diatribes, and even ridiculing the ple Peony ite sophiems, that which has been most often repented, against the Cuban revolution, is the follow- ing:— for Uberty, That the le of Cuba are not prepared nor are they capable of directing tbelt own interests. If the people of Cuba are not pees for liberty and are not capable of directing tteir own interests, what, then.has Spain taught us in the three hundred and sixty Ferd that she bas been schooling us? Whose is the fault—the master or the pupil’s? And would it not be madness to continue to pay, and to pey 10 , &TMAS- ter who dees not krow the ar the teach, not even enovgh to apply itin his own house? a Gar te the pone fo wy Lory have been strug- glivg forfifty years for Bom and « popalac repeypens. rernaiént, and eas has ‘eunehed i into a revolution to revalidate the few its it had con- quered at the cost of its blood andthe most sacrifices. The argument which is made against the independence and self. it of the Cubans is the one that best proves the necessity of discharging the master and learning to govern themselves, beginning by establishing the most complete civil, religious and oom- mercial freedom. Another of the cl that is made against the ow of Cubs is, that itis a vile and cowmdly people, capable of conquering its freedom. This is another roy , gentlemen, which IT to confute by a single fact which the Spanish govern- ment, and those who serve its policy, have taken care to hide. This fact is, that among so many Cubans a those who have died in detence of the cause of their | country, be it on the field of battle, be it on the rcaffold, neither the Spanish Government, nor of its crea- tures, bave yn able to denounce one single coward. ore who have died upon the field of battle fell like brave men, fighting, one ten; and those who tave died upon the scaffold, Joaquin ¢ Aguera to Narciso Loper, have died ‘like “the man resolved and steady to his trust,” surg in the sublime verse of race: ‘should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand recure amid a falling world.” ‘Thus do not die the sons of a coward people. It is time I should concludes. Those funeral honors, there civie ceremonies, to manifest the love and grat tode of the people of Cabs, surely do them much honor; but this ia not all our duty nor is it what will aprease the rranes ef the heroes and martyrs for the indepenience and freedemof Cuba We have something eise to do that the spirit of Narciso Lopes shall not remind us from heaven of the words of the ‘egal Teawh: “This people draveth nigh unto me with the ir mouth and hororeth me with their hips, but their heart is far from me.”’ We have to its parts the programme written in the blood of the heroes sn4 martyrs for Caban freedom: we have to crown the work begun r! them. Yes, | expect it, the world expects it from the Cuban people.’ Bat to obtain this it is necessary that the Cuban peop) it to the world the sublime spectacle of a people of united bro- thers, with one oaly will, one ne spirit, one only senti- ment, and one frm purpose of liberatiog their captive mother. It is necessary that the Cuban poople make greet sacrifices, and that gg Ad deem all as little if they attain in return their pendence and freedom. And finally, it is receseary that every Cuban who would merit the great and noble name of patriot should forget himself, take up the cross of Narciao Lopez, and carry iteven unto Golgotha. Then shall we ree realized the great revolutionary programme, the redemy of Cuba, and the most beautiful creation of the ith cen- tury—the republic of Cuba. Death rrom ExtTering a Wett—Goodman Green, » colored man, and an Englishman in his em- loy, on Fridsy morning, the 15th inst., entered a Well’ in tho town cf Cortlandt, about two. miles above Peekskill, on i belonging to the cele- brated Dr. Fitch, and there lost lives by the effect of carbonic acid gas. They went down into the well under the full knowledge coat a candle would not burn there, ard consequently that there was the utmost certainty as to the Toe colored man bad for many sears been sapere’ in digging and cleaning welis, and it is surprising that he or any one should run so fearful a risk as to descend into the deadly gas in which a candle would not burn. Barsrcus at Erim, Pa—The citizens of Erie have given not'ce thata roasted ox will be eaten to-morrow by & mass meeting ia celebration of toeir triumph ig the recent deoision of the Supreme . ‘The United States muil steamship Cahawds, K. W. Shufelat commander, from New Orleans the 9th and Havava the 12th inst., arrived here yesterday morning. e find nothing of inportence in the Havans papers received by this arrival. General Concha had not yet ar- rived but was daily expected. General Pezuela had de- | ferred his departure uutil after the arrival of his suc- cessor. Havana was considered quite healthy, the yellow fever having almost entirely disappeared, no new cases having recently occurred. ‘The Cahawba briogs seventy-eight passengers from New Orleans and Havana, $188,000 in specie; ands fall freight of cotton and flour from New Orleans. We are indebted to the purser for late papers. The following snonymous, among other documoats, have been circulated in the island recently. We tran: late them in order to sho exists at this moment among the Cuban people:— TO ARMS. Sorprre—The moment bas arrived when your aid is required to accompiish a glorious revolutiop which will | redeem us from sh very. What are you doing with your swords? A deapotic government mults, ceorures. and humiliates you—you have not the right of citizenship— you have no country, no protection, no happiness, Break the yoke that oppresses you, join with usin the work which will dispel toe horrors of military serfdom, and the grievance to which you are now surjocted, livieg without family or frieads, and without the hope of returning to your beautiful Spain, — Soldiers! reflect upon your lot, and remain no longer under the commaed of chiets who bave brought you to this distant eoun- ty to die by the torments ot fever, or the extremity of misery. “Khink that you are men, and claim the right hes been taken from you. You, like ourselves, are of the people. Unsheath, then, your swords, and defend with us the swerved principles of iiberty. oldiers th fet step that you ought to take is 'o demand the con- stitution of 1812 be ready to resvect justice and re- ligiom ‘The government haa armed the negroes, bat who koows i's intentions? This is @ means adopted to eman cipate chem ; it is no other than a complimant to the se ctot wishes of tne English goverpmect; it is no oiber than a fraud upon that miserable class, to separate them from their brethren under the pretence of giving thea lberty colciers, to arma! Down with the tyracts | Death to those villains who, regardless o’ their subjects, prey upon them like a ferocious hyena preys upoa a harmless flock and a defenceless people. To arms! to arms | IsHabiTants oF Cuba!—The hour of revolution has sounded. Inthe naturs] course of events, maoy days cannot elapse before the liberty that we have sought and which we have cherisbed in our thoughts so many years shall be realized. We must have another government, aud other men more voble and pure in the m inagement | of popular interests. We desire to be citizens; we seek Night, happiness, revolution, Be prepared. Sharpen your swords in orcer that you be not exrprised and mur- Gered through your indolence. Toatma! to arme! By forcs let us achieve our country’s liberty, or spill for it | now the jast drop of our bleod. To arms! to arms! | Death to the tyrants! Long live the peo pla! THE REPRUESENPATIVES OF TE PEOPLE. Dayana, 1Cth reptember, 1854. Another anonymous communisation is headed thus:— A SPANIARD TO PRZUELA. Aroong ail the accusations brought against the Senor Pezuela we seck in vein for the veice of truth. Tho oa- ricatures with which he has been confounded, the satires that have been directed against hitn by his opponen's, the rejoicings, triumphal arches,and magni6cont preparations made for his suecessor—everything that has heen done to injure hirr, is no more than Isurels of which he may boast. To humiliate is to exalt him, to crash is to raise him. — His crime is that of defending the divine rights of tho African race, in proposing the abolition of slavery in orpesition to the interests of Spaniards, who in this island, are given to the vile traffic in unfortunate negroe The triumpkal preparations for Concha, on the contrary, laurels placed by interested ies at the feet of a rant;’ for Concha is the Caligula of the Castillo de et ares, the astarsin o° fifty-one Americans, whose still breathing Hmbs, all covered with blood, was torn by sacreligious hands. Though in Spain he cries liberty !__libert; aod ‘tramples un- der foot the tarnisted ‘one ef our immoral Be is Queen Isabel the Second, we do not believe him. not free. When the last eries for liberty were beard, he hastened across the sea to Cuba and shouted with the same enthusisem slavery, slavery. Wedo not judge of him there as Concha in Spain, whence he comes to gain ition, and money, but not for his country’s udy him in the Castle of Atarés, in prisons, in gnsrdrooms, and at the gibbet. There is where he earned his crown, covered with human blood. Vile spies like Cortes, informers like Calisto, Gonzalez, Picar, and Portela, apostates and traitors like Santisgo Bombalier, have something to hope for in the arrival of General Concha, The:e ought to die, not on the gibbet, ennobled by the blood of martyrs, but drowned ia. the soa as par- cides, that there be left no trace of them on the ‘When Lbave heard the erics of Death to Pezue Long live Concha! I thought of the Sorites and Phat seca, who, when interrogated by Pilate, shouted for Bar- Tabss. Tama Speniard. IT love my ksfelans but in seekis to tyranize over Cuba, Spain is changed trom a free an. glorions nation in her cruelty towards this island Iam the first who defenced the Cubans. If my mother raised a knife against an innocent person I would stay her hand Sparivrés, my brethren! raiso your voices and ‘et us ery, Long live the independence of Cuba ! The foilowirg is OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. _ Havana, Sept. 11, 1854. The Captain of the Slave Brig Lost on the South Side of the Isle of Pines yet Alive—More about the American ‘ea- men Imprisoned at Havana—News from Mexico—Alva- ret again Reported Decd— Preparations for the Arrival of Concha and Departure of PeruclamMarkets, dc. From circumstances that have transpired I am certain that the captain of the slave brig which was lost south aide of the Isle of Pines, and previously reported, was here last week, having wita him a lad, his son, and one of the crew of said vessel, being allof the white Persons saved from the wreek. The captain and his son left this in the steamer Gov. Dudley, on the evening of the 7th, ani managed so well that his name has not transpired that I can yet ascertain. He will probably go on to New York for new ventures, as this has entirely faile¢—the cargo a total loss, with the exception of seven negroes, by casualty floated ashore, There will be no- thing in this case to identify him, so as to draw punish- ment upon the man, unless it should be brought to light through some act of violezce of his commission, as from his conversation we would infer that he had disposed uf some person who might do him serious injury, either with the knife or pistol—as said by him—‘‘to be put past the power to do injury to anybody.” The two Americans and six Port of the Espe- sumed any testimony they may have to give, or tions they may make. 1! are also aware failin fection to the full extent of their future difficulty will occur in procuri rial inthe porta of the U: spectiators new entire! stances all may get apy deserve it. the declara- that if they Lc thet table mate- which the ciroun. steamer Teviot, from ‘we have dates from the city of to the Ist inst., full ot vivas to his most serene Highness, the republic, and the supreme ment, The bap f is 9; vacificated—the raze is ssfe once more, and Don Juan Alvarez, to mak rance doubly suze, another time is dead and buried at the Ke- peranza plantation; and from the South ali hope hag fled under tho victorious achievements of the troops of the government. Our letter writer from the city is full of hallecinatiors in revery upon these paper triumphs, which will prove pauper in fruition tothe empire. Re- wares ond cropses had been given to those who had aided in the capture of Raousset, and many fair promises have «ere forth to the other disturbed provinces, for meeting srrearoges to the public troo38 and officials who hi fought the battles of the State for the several past months withcut clothing, food or pay. Private letters state that all this glory is Santa Anna moonshine, aud that afew weeks more may tell the story of his fate. Spanish hopes aro strong that in case of the fall of the chief, 2 power may succeed which can be moulded to Spanish interesta—even in their dying #trnggles hanker- ing after their ancient mixes and lost power in Mexiso. ihe Mexican government isin debt for aupplies for the vest year, in every quarter of the republic, and they do not begin paynient with the funds received under treaty with the United States. This state of peouniary em- borrasement isa serious clog w hia foot in its path of power, leaving the national defence in the hands of ix- dividual enterprise and individual chivalry. Our excitemsnts have ‘ied away under the cooling in- fluences of Pezutla nesistance, and the Catalans are al- ready very nearly disgusted with the taak thes have un- dertuken, becaure they are denied the priviloge of givin vent to their hatred. “But to presagve the appearance consistency, they will follow the first bent of their incli- rations, inthe hope that secret arrows may piorce the heart of the retiring Marquis; so that the reception will not fail In magnificance, although not so much of the heart may ming!e vith the ceremony as was at first an- ticipated. The Marquis Pezuela bas ordered the war steamer Isabel Segundo to be ready for sea by the pom on board of which extensive rations have made for himself and fomily, and the same day of the ar- fl Cor ro crag eae ae i ne Dp maximum of Cuban odiam resting upon }) Ww may not be of much consequences, if he has conscien- Hovaly ischarged bis duty he came into power. ‘That last ia beat koown to bimeelf ; bat from the system of denial that has followed the moat important of his pudiic acts—those vital to the peace and safety of the white popnlation of Cuba—we infer that he has a dis- turbed mentor, that will poison reflection upon the past, or that he has most ex‘riordinary and Jesnitical reason- ing pt wers to soothe and break down consieves, the guar- ovan cf the eool. Tre erecles avoid any display, pro or con, leaving the werk the ity with the old } paniards, as to the reception of 1 Concha. ahey will not aed oh by aid the massacre a: Atarss— nor wil) the dau of Cuba Itis ra ie the per. tinacity of pha by families to the politi opinions sod feelings which they ¢eem of importance to the welfare and yofCubsa There are men: iapbvene since tho fetal Lou of 5 howe tt pits Selon, he enjoy he wg ‘Tam iatzibated ty the hat considerable excitement | des: laze ia her coronal. be best menetented a oneenee cisl rey I send you Jberewith. @ dewa: for pto- duets Ta Unived mae is good. The heaith of the city ts improving; in the country there is n» need of the phy- | sician. The crope contiane to prosper, avd give en- couragement to the planter that be will have abundance to met the assessments of the royal pawyers at Madrid. | And ] am wasting fr ‘trouble’? to come home and re- pray that the Hagatp sy be seat ibis way above meanness, and will let us read, pro: Concha is bly. NabA MAS, Havasa, Sept. 12, 1854, The Excitement Fizsling Out—Rzpected Revival of the Slave Trode—Surplus im the Trearury—A Murder—Cuban Soldiers—The Vomito, | The great excitement which existed at the date of my and of which I attempted to give Geccription, appears to be rapidly dying away, 60 that when General Concha arrives I anticioate he wiil be re- | ceived with smiles and greetings as agreeable as were ever offered to mortal mon. Verily, the loud mouthed patriotism of the inhabitants of this islend is as eva- nescent as a summer thu! : shower at the North, and as little capsbie of effecting reat results They possess no eel? reliance—they desire to be free, yet look to others to uchieve for them that freedom, of which at times I am more than half inclined to consider them totally unwor- thy. The present hope of the Creoies, would appear to ‘be, that the stay of General Concha among them will be but of brief duration, and they (rust (ape what grounds Thnow not) that his successor will bring with him di- rections to proclaim the constitution of 1837 in foll forces in this i 4, Let this but bo achieved, and I ventare © express my opinion that they wil be content. Tae *yaniards, on the othor hand, hope for flourishing days uncer General Concha’s government. The rade fey believe wiii be revived, and the entire system of | trbery re-established, If an opinion may be fermea by the Mario antecedents, they will be disappoisted os respects the revival of the slave trade, whust 8 regurds the system of bribery, as for os the Custom Honse officisis are concerned, there is every reason for the belief that we shall sre it, with gl ite evils tiovrishing with its pristine vigor. Whilst on this subject I cannot avoid mentioning # circumstance | thet revourds bigbly to the credtt of the administration ot the Marquis de Ix Pezus!s. It is the fac: that there is upwerds of a million of dollars more in the treasury of ‘bis islend tha there was at tue period when he assumed the command * A Dutch ship, or rather bark, got on the rocks near the fort at the base of the Moro Castle, called the Four Apostles, at the end of just week. The weather bein wes got off without, I believe, having reared much dam Another unfortunate man was assassinated in a street | outside the walls a few even go. The murderer, upon this occasion, ir underst: to nave been a white man. He hss rot yet heen arrested. | You willremember that some little time since I wrote | you of the srrivalof two Englieh engiveers, who came to | join the Spanish navy, an4 I believe I also wrote that un- Jers one of them liveé more temperatel¥ than he did | during bis stay in this city, he would speedily visit | ‘kingdom e-me” The day before yesterday I received information of his decoase at Cienfuegos, within t yeaty Gays stter his arrival in Cuba—thus proving this is not | theclime for the to; er to come to. Tpassed helf an hour a few evenings since in watch- ing a company of the “defenders of Cuba’? drilled in tho barrack square, opposite the north side of the Plaza de Armas. Although not @ military man, the system ap- peared to me extremely riticulous. They have eight motiors to ‘‘unfix bayonets’ aad ‘recover arms,” and as each was rade, the entire company. fuglewan and all, exclaimed with one voice, dos. tres, cuatros,”” &c. The effect must be imagined—I cannot deecribs it. ‘The weather continues excessively hot, and my meil- cal man informed me this rr ie pets the vomito con- tinued to prevail to a considerable extent amongst us. QBS. M, POUGHKEEPSIE. THE LATEST COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR. BAVANA, Sept. 11, 1854. The business operations since our last report of 28 h ult. bave been tess animate? than previously noted. Evcars bare been in limited demand, on account of high pretensions of holers, and we have not heardof any ransactiona worthy to be mentioned. Good dry sugars of bright color and strong grain are scarce an renily fetch 4 rial arr. above our quotations. The stock ia the city and the Reg'a warehouses remains as last stated, say about 165,000 boxes against 180,000 boxes in 1853, and 110,000 boxes in 1852. same Periods. Of Muecovado sugars little is left. We put our quotations to-day as follows:—Wsites, 7 to 9 rls.; florete yellows, scarce, 7 to 73¢; good to prima do. 6 to 6% : ‘browns, 544 to 5%; cucuruchos, 4% to 6. Mo1asees —Operations have been sma)l for want of the article and suitable vessels to carry it. Laat sales were” made at 3 rls. keg deliverable at out; . None shipped from here during the past fortnigh txcars.—There is iess demand for inferior brands, wh Ist superior deseriptions are in active request, a+ oc- casionslly Bigher prices Ex; 4,242 M. to the United States, 1.580 Great Britain, 1,236 France, and 352 Spain—in al) 7,880 M. Tonacco bas been bought to a fair extent by the maau- factnrers, who have been cempelied to pay high prices for Vuelta Abajo, sey $120 to $140 for Ist, 24, 3d, and 4th, and yiber classes in proportion Partido has changed bands at from $20 to $25 pot bale, according to quality. 1,0C0 baleu Vueita arrita found buyers at $15 aad $17. ExcuanGe bas been in limited reques: during the fort- right, ard we cannot report any traasactions of impor- tance. We quote London 1314 to 1334 yer cent premium; Paris par; New York and Boston, 1 to 134 per cent pre mium; New Orleans, 234 to 3 per cent premium, short, 4,000 Mexicsn dollars on beard of the British steamer Teviot, arrived on the 8th inst. from Vera Cruz and Tampico, brought 7%{ per cent premiun, and a small amount 7% per cent premium, port very few Renmin red of our last re : ' ave arri consequent ices of provi- y ma docked Beef—Only vessels bi sions have been firmly maintained. arrived (the be from Buenos Barco rece brought $34 er m. feet, and the balance feet at $33. Sugar box,shooks—a of 6524 arrived and was delivered on contract, 900 vigor Fede lalands not ot sont they and wanted, sc e' ; they are scarce and wan! —Molasies hhés ae in demand at $335. pe : ei vessels are in demand at 6 ones are obliged to acce pt £1-10 ‘nited States, vessels are much want- e, and the first srrivals will meet somes business ; last rates $14 per box and 6 to $8 per hhd. for sugar and 834 to $33¢ per hhd. of molasses. INDIAN BATTLE. ‘The Massacre at Fort Laramie. FULL PARTICULARS—-LIEUT. GRATTAN, TWENTY-ONE SOLDIERS AND THE UNITED STATES INTERPRETER KILLED—THE SAVAGES REFUSE TO ALLOW THEIR ROPIES TO BE BURTED—$50,000 OF THE AMERICAN YUR COMPANY'S GOODS APPROPRIATED BY TAB INDIANS. (From tho St. Louls Democrat, Sept. 13 ] We have received thr the medium of Mr. Lefroy lott, one of the ix interpreters, who AN came as $n express messenger {rom the scene ot the disaster, the full particulars of the late massacre of United States at Fort Laramie, which pre- sent the outrage in even more glaring colors than could bave anticipated from the brief notice Po bave published. They are briefly as lows :— : A Mormon emigrant who was travelling the road, left, it seeme, a lame cow which was unable to travel; and an old Sioux Indian, belonging to the band of Minnecongus, found it upon the road-side and killed it. The Mormon stopped with his wagons at Fort Laramie, acd so soon ag he learned that it had been killed, he made com- plsint to the officer at the Fort, and d:manded redress. The officer in command, Lient. Fiem- ing, when the story was told him, at once sent for the head chief of the Sioux—Ma‘te-i-owan the Bear,) and demanded that the Minnecongou indian should be delivered up. Matte-i-o-wan inform- ed bim that if he wonld send a file of soldiers, he would endeavor to have the Indian surrendered. Lieut. Fleming then ordered out Lieut. Grattan with twenty-two men, and the United States Auguste Lucian, to the Sioux the Minnecongon village, which was situated some nine miles below the fort, near “ Burdean’s House.” a Tentenase, ye Lon age Benen down, aking w: 1m two six pounders, and plented them in Wa-7he-nie camp, where tion was lodged, Matte i-o wan villsge and demanded woul | aume hw duties, but, in the meantime, as in daty bound, | Tanged ilery, and commenced ing upon Thee or four muskete were also fired at tl time, but the only reeult was to kaock the one of the lodges, and to wound Matte i-owaa bis brot er, who were st iofront—the with three balls, the latter with one. So the troops fired, the Indians returned it, and ed upon them a shower of arrows. The first dis charge killed Lieut. Grattan, who was standing XZ the side of the cannon. As soon as he fell, commend st once lost heart, and attempted to fly—leaving their caunon, arms, and everything eixe. The Sicox then charged upon the flying solditrs, and ehot, and tomshawked © mar of them save one, who made his escape by leaping down a ravine, and thas oe of sight. The interpreter, who was with the party, Auguste Lucien, who had married a Sioux squaw, jumped upen bis horse a: d attempted to make his escape. He enc ceeded in getiing rid of his immediate pur suers, acd in making a circle around the camp, but instead of striking for the prairie he very fool attem ted torun threagh the Bralie camp, whi was directly between him and the fort, and which wae alrendy alarmed by the firing. The result was that an Indian ran out and shot his horse with his rifle, apd then came upon him with his tomahawk, Lucien cried out to him not to kill bim, as he was a Bioux by marriage, but the only reply the Indian made was to bury his hatchet in his head, The soldier who escaped down the ravice was found by & Sioux,named Bis:k Heart, and owed his life to his assistance in getting him back to the tort during the night. ‘The tragedy occurred on the afternoon of the 19% ot August, anc it was not until the next morning that Lews of it resched the fort, The Sioux then ent word to tho commandant to send out smo more of Lis wento bury his dead, and they would serve them in the same way. They also weat to the cepot of the American Fur Company, which was bear their camp, and where the annuity goods ($60,600 worth) were in store, and tuned them upon the plain, and divided them ont. Lieut. Fleming, upon consultation, ssnt some five or six of the treders down to see the Sioux and to bury the dead, but they told the traders very expiicitly that the quarrel was not one in which they were coneerned, and they bad better Keep out of it, and and then crove them back to the fort. The conse- qoncon: as that, when the messenger left, the lead bedies were stil! lying exposed on tbe plains, only two, those of Lucien and another, haviog beea buried by two returning Californians, who vea- tured to execute the hizardous task for $25 apiece. Nothing further has beea beard from the fort at tha present time, and it woutd seem that the --oort that the Sioux bad surrounded Laramie is 1° co: At the last accounts Matve-i-o-wan, «ho was shot in three places at the first discharg’ ‘rom the sol- diers, wes at the pointof death. J). -ven this brief notice of him we cannot forbear s;+uking a word im his praise. We knew him wel! «.d a better friend the white manneverhad, H~ «xs brave and gentle, aud kind; a wise ruler, 2 »killful warrior, and reepecied chieftain. Even‘: accepting his position, assigned to him some fou” , :xrs ago at the treaty of Laramie, be only conse» '- «i after mac! ard then remarked wh: his life to the Great S; cording it, we fer} i. y memorial of one of the mo.t hightoned and chivalric of all the Indians w)« m we have known. guste Lien also was one whom all who him will deeply lament. A Frenchman by birth and in ‘eeling ; yet an American in his latter sympathies, Le was one of the most social, true- hesrted and generous 0’ all the voyageurs upon the plains. His light and joyous humor was always the life of the camp, his skill a3 a hunter supplied the choicest of game, and his and lo a dream gosalp made the hour pass shadow of the mountains. But he has passed to the land of dreams and the “ hap) ee! grounds” of which he delighted seaport as he was with the fullness of an Indian’s faith. May it be his lot to drink of the fresh waters of the new life, and may his spirit find a pleasant rest- ing place. ACCOUNT FROM AN EYE WITNESS. Sarpy’s Port, Nesraska Ter.,} 8 miles E. ot Fort Laramie, Ang. 21,1854. § To THE EpiTor oF THE MissouRI BLIOAN:— An affair has pened here between the soldiers and the Indians which ought to he pronanip notions by the United States nt. Ha been an eye-witness tothe battle I consider it my daty to furnish a strict account of it and its causes. In th first place, on the 17th of August a train of Mor- mons passed this place. The Indians, wh> were encamped here waiting for their payment from gov- ernment, had no provisions, and were, of course, apxicus for something to eat. As the Mormons were Passing: a lamé cow belonging to a man in the reor of the Mormon train, became LE anwetate ran into the Inéian camp. The Mormon left the baler wiles name, pe. Todians, a _ esha, low, with his companions, it up. The Mormons then went to the Fort snd re- ported that the Indians had killed one of cows. On the 19th, about 2 o'clock in the Lient. Grattan, with a command of twen! soldiers, and Auguste Lucien, interpreter, arrived here to arrest the In " 0 ind Killed no cow, I accordingly sent for the chiefs to go with the Lieu- tenant and make the arrest. T demanéed of me to give them everything they watted. To save our lives I gave them Sot pte my store, tothe amount of tio ‘The next day they went to the post of the Amert " can For Company, fook all the gquds that were semt to teem by government and pillaged the store. The sitvation of the traders and of Fort Laramie is ve- rilons in the extreme. I was tequested by the com- mander of the fort to bury the dead soldiers, since he bad not men enough to detacha party for that se: vice, and I succeedes in doing so. As far as | know any ening about Indians, I think that our g«vernment ou: mceunted men, vetoran troops, to ; and one company of to guard the fort. Tie Indians, in the resent battle, after killing all the soldiers, broke their canvon to pievea, carried off their muskets and animals. As for the infantry on a prairie to figit wite Im- ne, it is just the gag tone Doe ts to he ehot at. There were about one thousand Indians in the battle. JAMES BORDEAU, Per Sauces Surra. Witness that the above is correct, the nadersigned: Lpgas. 8 Ato ay ae NTOINE RBYNAL, Torts. Grorn, Prien Wy of a letter from the ramie to James Bordeau:— Fort Lanamig. Nebraska, Aug. 20, 1854. Your letter of the 19th has been recived by me, and in reply I say that I am unable to take farther notice oo) pom ef this unfortunate transaction; opexe you to speak to the Boar and other chiefs with reference to the matter. Make the best terms with them you can for the present, for your own safety, and ihe sofety of others likewiae un- protected in the conntry. I wisi you to uss alt means ip your power to procure the restoration of the bodies of those who have been kitted. Your HA. B. FLAMING, Sam's Sura, Pavi Viau, Axton1o LAHONE. commander of Fort La- obedient sei vant, Gecond Lieut. Sixth Ir faa'ry, Commas siag,